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Republican Paul Ryan had a busy 24 hours Tuesday night and Wednesday
morning. The Daily Caller found out he’s making it through the day with
some American punk rock music in his down moments.

Tuesday night Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican and rising star in his party,
chairman of the House Budget Committee, and all around numbers geek
wonder boy, gave the biggest speech of his life so far. He gave the
official Republican Party response to President Obama’s State of the
Union address.

Wednesday morning, he was back at it early — at least by Capitol Hill
standards. He chaired the Budget Committee to order at 9 a.m. for an
orientation meeting and then promptly launched into the first hearing of
this year a good 15 minutes ahead of the published 10 a.m. start time.

I caught Ryan as he walked off the House floor early on Wednesday
afternoon, leaving what looked like a pleasant conversation with Rep.
Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat and burgeoning media darling on the
left (Ryan turns 41 on Saturday; Weiner is 46).

After we talked about the budget hearing, and he talked some more about
what he thinks is the reason that the government’s top actuary for
Medicare thinks his alternative plan to Obama’s health overhaul will
bring down the cost of care more effectively than the president’s, I
asked Ryan about his iPod.

Ryan walks to the Capitol for votes, back and forth from his office in
the Longworth Office Building, with white ear buds either in his ears or
over his shoulders. He’s done this for as long as I’ve covered him.

When I asked him today, Ryan said he had his iPod Nano on shuffle, and the current song was Green Day’s “Brain Stew.”

“It’s a good song,” Ryan said affably.

Take a look at the lyrics: all kind of potential parallels to Ryan’s job
in there. Start with substituting dollars for sheep and you’re on your
way. And the music video is below the lyrics.

Republican Paul Ryan had a busy 24 hours Tuesday night and Wednesday
morning. The Daily Caller found out he’s making it through the day with
some American punk rock music in his down moments.

Tuesday night Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican and rising star in his party,
chairman of the House Budget Committee, and all around numbers geek
wonder boy, gave the biggest speech of his life so far. He gave the
official Republican Party response to President Obama’s State of the
Union address.

Wednesday morning, he was back at it early — at least by Capitol Hill
standards. He chaired the Budget Committee to order at 9 a.m. for an
orientation meeting and then promptly launched into the first hearing of
this year a good 15 minutes ahead of the published 10 a.m. start time.

I caught Ryan as he walked off the House floor early on Wednesday
afternoon, leaving what looked like a pleasant conversation with Rep.
Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat and burgeoning media darling on the
left (Ryan turns 41 on Saturday; Weiner is 46).

After we talked about the budget hearing, and he talked some more about
what he thinks is the reason that the government’s top actuary for
Medicare thinks his alternative plan to Obama’s health overhaul will
bring down the cost of care more effectively than the president’s, I
asked Ryan about his iPod.

Ryan walks to the Capitol for votes, back and forth from his office in
the Longworth Office Building, with white ear buds either in his ears or
over his shoulders. He’s done this for as long as I’ve covered him.

When I asked him today, Ryan said he had his iPod Nano on shuffle, and the current song was Green Day’s “Brain Stew.”

“It’s a good song,” Ryan said affably.

Take a look at the lyrics: all kind of potential parallels to Ryan’s job
in there. Start with substituting dollars for sheep and you’re on your
way. And the music video is below the lyrics.